Co-founder and Partner of Zelkova Ventures

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About the author Larry Scheinfeld

Larry Scheinfeld is an esteemed investor and venture capitalist with a knack for helping startups thrive. He is a co-founder and Partner at Zelkova Ventures, a venture capital firm based in New York City.

What’s the Proper Route: Crowdfunding vs. VC VCs are quickly finding themselves in a battle to not only find the best, suitable talent but also in competition with a new kind of funding, crowdfunding. It’s not uncommon to find a startup taking the crowdfunding route

Google recently readjusted their business structure and introduced a parent company that will now house Google and its counterparts, called Alphabet. Alphabet will be run by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page; Sundar Pichai, formerly the senior vice president of product, will assume the

Apple’s Sept. 9th Keynote speech introduced an arsenal of new features for already existing products as well as the introduction of a few new devices. Here’s a quick summary of everything you need to know from Apple’s event. Apple Watch x Hermes Apple plays their

Though a recent article exposed how charities are using their investment portfolios like venture capitalists, many nonprofits are still behind on how to raise money for their foundations. Working on an archaic system of donations, fundraisers, mailers, etc; grassroots nonprofits have had a hard time coming into the

Chinese companies are buying up U.S. real estate in San Francisco, but real estate is not the only investment surging in 2015. Chinese companies are looking at securing patents. By investing in U.S. research labs, China is targeting inventive U.S. companies — moving from production

The parable of “[…] give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime,” is not a new biblical allegory. If a person is teachable, he or she becomes better equipped

Have you ever walked into a Whole Foods Market? Would you believe that the booming grocery franchise you know today was at one point a struggling health food store with roots in Austin and New Orleans? Hard to believe, right? An entrepreneur since the 1970s,

It’s true that more and more tech companies are beginning to crop up in tech start-up friendly cities like New York City, San Francisco, Boulder, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Wilmington & Huntsville. With so many companies emerging, venture capitalists and angel investors are being approached more

Do you want to raise $50 million dollars in venture capital for your company? Doesn’t every start-up CEO want that? This past December, Zach Cutler interviewed a few CEOs to learn the strategies each used to successfully reach (or surpass) their funding goals. It’s tough